Wes Jackson
Keynote Speaker: Founder and Former President of The Land Institute
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Wes Jackson Biography
After earning a BA in biology from Kansas Wesleyan University, an MA in botany from the University of Kansas, and a PhD in genetics from North Carolina State University, Wes Jackson established and served as chair of one of the United States' first environmental studies programs at California State University-Sacramento. Jackson then chose to leave academia, returning to his native Kansas, where he founded a non-profit organization, The Land Institute, in 1976. He was head of The Land Institute until he stepped down in 2016. The organization describes its main goal as the development of Natural Systems Agriculture; it also publishes The Land Report, a newsletter about American sustainable agriculture and agrarianism.
The Land Institute explored alternatives in appropriate technology, environmental ethics, and education, but a research program in sustainable agriculture eventually became central to its work. In 1978 Jackson proposed the development of a perennial polyculture. He sought to have fields planted in polycultures, more than one plant in a field, as in nature. Jackson also wanted to use perennials, which would not need to be replanted every year - that would leave the soil more intact, preventing erosion, and allowing important relationships between soil and plant to continue. The Land Institute attempts to breed plants not presently used in agriculture into effective producers of perennial grains in intercropping conditions. Jackson argued that this version of agriculture used "nature as model", and to pursue that end The Land Institute has studied prairie ecology.
Entering its fourth decade, The Land Institute is beginning to demonstrate progress in developing the perennial crops called for in the Natural Systems Agriculture model. Programs in wheat, sorghum, and sunflower are generating crop lines displaying both perenniality and agriculturally-significant seed yield. Research on integrating these new plants into polycultures also continues. The Land Institute is not itself developing machinery suitable for one-pass harvesting of grain polycultures. It instead takes the position that integration of existing materials separation technology into harvesters is a straight-forward task, and will be accomplished by public and private agricultural engineers when the demand arrives.
Wes Jackson is the author of several books including New Roots for Agriculture and Becoming Native to This Place and is recognized as a leader in the international sustainable agriculture movement. He was a 1990 Pew Conservation Scholar, in 1992 became a MacArthur Fellow, and in 2000 received the Right Livelihood Award. His work is often referred to by author Wendell Berry, with whom Jackson has shared a longtime friendship and correspondence.
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Wes Jackson Videos
The Woman at the Well: How One Encounter Changed a City (Deep Well Encounter Series)
Nature as Measure: The Selected Essays of Wes Jackson
Consulting the Genius of the Place: An Ecological Approach to a New Agriculture
Altars of Unhewn Stone: Science and the Earth
Becoming Native to This Place
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Wes Jackson is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Technology, Environmental Policy and Environment. The estimated speaking fee range to book Wes Jackson for live events is Below $10,000. Please contact us for virtual event fees. Wes Jackson generally travels from Salina, KS, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Gary Hirshberg, Alex Shirazi and Kate Kavanaugh. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Wes Jackson for an upcoming event.
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The Woman at the Well: How One Encounter Changed a City (Deep Well Encounter Series)
Nature as Measure: The Selected Essays of Wes Jackson
Consulting the Genius of the Place: An Ecological Approach to a New Agriculture
Altars of Unhewn Stone: Science and the Earth
Becoming Native to This Place
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WES JACKSON TO DELIVER KEYNOTE ADDRESS FOR ‘DELTA SYMPOSIUM XIX: CULTIVATING THE DELTA,’ APRIL 18
JONESBORO -- Noted geneticist and author Wes Jackson will deliver the keynote address for this year’s Delta Symposium on Thursday, April 18, at 2 p.m. in the Mockingbird Room of Arkansas State University’s Carl R. Reng Student Union...
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How much does it cost to book Wes Jackson?
Booking fees for Wes Jackson, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. Pricing often varies according to the circumstances, including the talent's schedule, market conditions, length of presentation, and the location of the event. Speaker fees listed on this website are intended to serve as a guideline only. In some cases, the actual quote may be above or below the stated range. For the most current fee to hire Wes Jackson, please fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak with an experienced booking agent.
Who is the agent for Wes Jackson?
All American Entertainment has successfully secured celebrity talent like Wes Jackson for clients worldwide for more than 15 years. As a full-service talent booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Wes Jackson for your next private or corporate function.
What is a full-service talent booking agency?
All American Speakers is a "buyers agent" and exclusively represents talent buyers, meeting planners and event professionals, who are looking to secure celebrities and speakers for personal appearances, speaking engagements, corporate entertainment, public relations campaigns, commercials, or endorsements. We do not exclusively represent Wes Jackson or claim ourselves as the exclusive booking agency, business manager, publicist, speakers bureau or management for Wes Jackson or any other speaker or celebrity on this website. For more information on how we work and what makes us unique, please read the AAE Advantage.
Wes Jackson is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Technology, Environmental Policy and Environment. The estimated speaking fee range to book Wes Jackson for live events is Below $10,000. Please contact us for virtual event fees. Wes Jackson generally travels from Salina, KS, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Gary Hirshberg, Alex Shirazi and Kate Kavanaugh. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Wes Jackson for an upcoming event.
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